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073: Fire Extinguisher Ball, just throw it in the fire!

Fire ball:

To extinguish or control of small fires, apart from handheld, wheeled, aerosol and fire blanket extinguishers, you can throw or roll a fire ball extinguishers into fire! Extinguishing effect is usually a radius ranging between 4 and 5 meters (depend on the product)

Application:

  • Vehicle
  • Home
  • Office

Components:

  • Outer casing / Ball shell: The material of outer casing must react to heat and flame quickly and burst to release its extinguishing agent.
  • Glass (early types)
  • Foam casing wrapped in PVC
  • Agent: Extinguishing agent is typically dry chemical powder such as mono ammonium phosphate which is suitable for fire classes of A, B and C.
  • Trigger/Activator strip: It's embedded inside the ball and hold the fire agent. When the heat reaches to the trigger, the ball bursts and the powder disperses and spreads around it.

Notes:

  • To notify or alert the people nearby, usually there is an audible alarm or loud noise inside the ball.
  • We cannot replace fire ball extinguisher with other standard But we can use them as an additional protection.

Advantages:

  • Maintenance free
  • No need to special training or skill
  • Extinguishing with distance from the fire
  • In some types after expiration date you can use the extinguishing agent (mono ammonium phosphate, mixed with water) as a garden fertilizer!

Disadvantage:

  • Activation without control (only with flame and heat)
  • Limited coverage area and the need for high numbers in large areas
  • Not re-chargeable

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